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Halloween Game: Which Body is the Corpse in These Creepy Victorian Photographs?http://klaq.com/halloween-game-which-body-is-the-corpse-in-these-creepy-victorian-photographs/
http://klaq.com/halloween-game-which-body-is-the-corpse-in-these-creepy-victorian-photographs/#commentsWed, 30 Oct 2013 18:20:18 +0000http://klaq.com/?p=209438Continue reading…]]>In the late 19th and early 20th century, it was not uncommon for people to have photographs made of their deceased loved ones. These photos, called "Memento Mori", seem really creepy to us but look at it from a Victorian's perspective: photography was still so new (and expensive) that not many people had their photo taken. When a loved one died, it was your last chance to have a photograph taken to remember them by.